The UK’s asylum system now costs £5 billion – the highest level of spending on record and up by more than a third in a year. Home Office spending on asylum rose by £1.43 billion, up 36% from £3.95 ...

At least 13 people have died in eastern Uganda after landslides buried 40 homes in six villages, officials said. The Uganda Red Cross Society said 13 bodies have been recovered and the rescue effort ...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said Parliament needs adequate time to scrutinise the proposed legislation.

A YOUTHFUL York City bowed out of the North Riding Senior Cup on penalties after a 2-2 draw at TIBS. The hosts, who ply their trade in the North Riding Football League Premier Division, twice fought ...

Coventry have announced Frank Lampard as their new head coach on a two-and-a-half-year contract. The 46-year-old will take charge of the Sky Blues for the first time this Saturday when his new side ...

Councillors are recommended to refuse plans for a battery storage scheme at Murton Way on the edge of York due to safety fears.

Just 42,500 applications have been approved since July, when the Government said almost 900,000 households were missing out on the benefit.

Customers with British Gas, EDF, E.ON, OVO and other energy companies could be eligible for the Warm Home Discount Scheme ...

Seven people have died in a landslide triggered by torrential rains in Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said, adding to ...

“While remaining high by historic standards, net migration is now beginning to fall and is provisionally down 20% in the 12 months to June 2024. Over that period we have seen a fall in immigration, ...

Voters go to the polls today (Thursday, November 28) in a York ward by-election, called after a councillor resigned.

Decisions about assisted dying should be made on a “secular basis”, a Government minister said ahead of MPs voting on the issue on Friday. Home Office minister Seema Malhotra acknowledged that “people ...